Force, motion, and energy vocab

A push or a pull that causes an object to stop, move, change speed, or change direction.

• Force

• Speed

• Friction

• Resist

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How fast an object is moving

• Friction

• Speed

• Force

• Gravity

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A force that opposes the motion of an object

• Mass

• Motion

• Friction

• Collide

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To work against or withstand; oppose

• Speed

• Force

• Motion

• Resist

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The idea that an object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless a force acts on it

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Opposes

• Transformation energy

Push or pull that actually makes contact with the object

• Net force

• Direct force

• Unbalanced force

• Motion

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Push or a pull that does not make actual contact with the object (ex. Magnetism and gravity)

• Indirect force

• Friction

• Net force

• Unbalanced force

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Speed and direction describe an object's ______

• Force

• Motion

• Inertia

• Gravity

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The sum of all the forces acting on an object

• Direct force

• Friction

• Push/pull

• Net force

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According to the graph, the speed of this object is

• Decreasing

• Remaining the same

• Increasing

• None of these

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